eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2024

Most tools that teachers have for this purpose are lagging indicators such as tests, quizzes, and homework. By analyzing patterns in students’ grades, attendance, participation, and other behavioral indicators, AI algorithms can predict potential academic risks and learning disabilities.

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MAY 13, 2024

From virtual reality field trips to interactive quizzing platforms, these 12 tools offer diverse ways to bring lessons to life. Interactive Quizzing Platforms Interactive quizzing platforms are revolutionizing the way educators assess understanding and retention in the classroom.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Instead, de Santiago sees a vocabulary lesson her college-level Spanish language classes won’t soon forget, bringing new context to terms like “borracho” (drunk) and the chorus (which translates to “only with you”). Sony Music, Veridian Ventures and a group of private investors participated. “If It shows language, it shows emotions.”

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NOVEMBER 27, 2023

“We are excited to help students practice for the National Civics Bee through quizzing and conversations with Khanmigo,” said Kristen DiCerbo, Khan Academy’s chief learning officer. Sixth, seventh, and eighth graders in participating states are invited to submit a 500-word essay addressing a community issue.

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JUNE 12, 2017

Founded in 2012, Kahoot offers a web-based platform that allows anyone to create multiple-choice quizzes and groups of players compete to get the correct answer in the shortest amount of time (usually seconds). Fractions Multiplication Math Figurative language Animals Order of operations Equivalent fractions Adjectivies Division Grammar.

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JUNE 28, 2018

video, quizzes) and share them publicly with other users. McGraw-Hill introduces a new English language arts software for grades 2-7 called Redbird Language Arts & Writing. Kahoot adds the ability to create and host quizzes and other content from its mobile app.

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JANUARY 27, 2021

Once you’re signed up, you prepare weekly material, chat with classmates, respond to class Discussion Boards and quizzes, and participate in a weekly video meeting. These can be adapted to any writing program be it 6+1 Traits, Write Source, IB, Common Core, or other popular language arts curricula. Everything is online.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Everything about Ray, from his seat choice to his body language in class, indicated that he didn’t want to be noticed. Invite parents to participate in this activity so that they can become part of your classroom community too. And for the first half of his 9th grade year, he did enough to pass, earning Cs and Ds.

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MARCH 3, 2017

We have done a lot of quizzes and equations. Students in schools with the SEP program begin by learning block-based programming languages like Scratch before getting into robotics, physical computing, text-based programming like Python and web development. However, with goals to reach all of the city’s 1.1

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MARCH 21, 2019

Participants make real-world money management decisions like paying bills, saving for retirement, and managing cash flow to avoid paying bills late and then share evidence of their comprehension on periodic quizzes. Financial Literacy Quizzes. Each year, over 11,000 students organized into teams participate.

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JUNE 9, 2022

If you’ve been tasked (or voluntold) to run this activity, here are six activities that will tech-infuse participants: Debate. language usage. how to understand domain-specific language associated with technology, i.e., ‘cloud’. It uses a combination of videos, whiteboard how-tos, practice exercises, and quick quizzes.

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OCTOBER 20, 2016

Lessening Grade Anxiety U-M Professor of Linguistics, English Languages and Literature Robin Queen has been using GradeCraft for several years in two courses she teaches that each have anywhere from 85 to 150 students. “I The points for each activity are capped within the system.

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AUGUST 27, 2021

Once you’re signed up, you prepare weekly material, chat with classmates, respond to class Discussion Boards and quizzes, and participate in a weekly video meeting. These can be adapted to any writing program be it 6+1 Traits, Write Source, IB, Common Core, or other popular language arts curricula. Everything is online.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Low-stakes practice: Use frequent formative assessments such as polls, quizzes, games, or writing and discussion prompts to reinforce and retrieve essential concepts. These activities encourage participation without the anxiety of high-stakes grading (Freeman et al., 2014; Agarwal, 2019).

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DECEMBER 19, 2018

As part of the participation terms, Disney initially invested an undisclosed sum, and retained the option to purchase a bigger stake at a later date. Examples of things that Kahoot could be interested in, Furuseth says, include math, language-learning and coding education tools.

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Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Gabriele Pinto , Baylor University Key Statement: Implementing elements of active learning into a large course may seem daunting task, but think-pair-share aided by quizzing and clickers can be done in any size classroom. Image courtesy of This Is Engineering, Unsplash. Buil et al., 2023; Park et al.,

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MARCH 22, 2021

Once you’re signed up, you prepare weekly material, chat with classmates, respond to class Discussion Boards and quizzes, and participate in a weekly video meeting. These can be adapted to any writing program be it 6+1 Traits, Write Source, IB, Common Core, or other popular language arts curricula. Everything is online.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

It also supports collaborative learning, as students can work on group projects within shared documents, participate in discussion threads, and ask questions directly within the class stream. They are often used to teach subjects ranging from languages to math in a fun and competitive environment.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Among examples of technologies that improve student learning is interactive whiteboards, which enable teachers to create interactive lessons, annotate content, and encourage student participation through touch and gesture-based interactions. This fosters engagement by allowing students to actively participate in the learning process.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

The platform comes from the same stables — of MIT Media Lab — as Scratch, the free-to-use, ubiquitous coding language popular with young people from across the world. No one wants to be at the bottom of a leaderboard,” says Deepak Cheenath, co-founder of Quizizz, a classroom tool that lets teachers create pop quizzes and games.

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MARCH 28, 2017

The schema-building activities proved highly stimulating: during the discussion, 13 of the 17 students participated over 30 times. Ann Whitehair is an eighth grade English Language Arts teacher at Oakwood Junior High School in Oakwood, Ohio, as well as a National Board Certified Teacher.

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eSchool News

JULY 14, 2021

In all modes, Quiz results display in real-time, empowering educators to gauge participation and correct responses, offer just-in-time feedback, and identify remediation needs. From the new Video Player page, teachers can: Build interactive video quizzes or slideshow activities in a few simple steps.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2018

As students move through the course responding to questions, polls and quizzes, the system aggregates their responses and generates an “action plan.” Having the language to talk about these things and being able to name them is really empowering.”

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MARCH 15, 2018

I spent time researching the Hanson brothers and gathering facts in my A-Z Hanson book, complete with quizzes and fun facts, then transferred that knowledge to my very own GeoCities website. So to set myself apart from other fans and gain that chance, I created a Hanson website. I was driven by the desire to meet the band.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

There are many interactive tools available that can be used to create quizzes, games, and simulations. Let’s explore some specific examples of interactive tools and activities that can enhance student engagement and provide valuable feedback: Quizzing tools are effective in reinforcing key concepts and assessing student understanding.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

There are many interactive tools available that can be used to create quizzes, games, and simulations. Let’s explore some specific examples of interactive tools and activities that can enhance student engagement and provide valuable feedback: Quizzing tools are effective in reinforcing key concepts and assessing student understanding.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

There is no such requirement for tests and quizzes though—so overall grades can certainly be lower than a B.) And a lot of times it's that students are just unwilling to participate.” The network uses a mastery-based learning model, and students must earn 80 percent or higher on independent work before teachers can move on in class.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Low-stakes practice: Use frequent formative assessments such as polls, quizzes, games, or writing and discussion prompts to reinforce and retrieve essential concepts. These activities encourage participation without the anxiety of high-stakes grading (Freeman et al., 2014; Agarwal, 2019).

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JANUARY 28, 2019

In the past, where digital citizenship and online games most often intersected was in the realm of communication—namely, norms around respectful language and dialogue that are aligned with the ethical and moral standards that someone would have for face-to-face conversations. Digital citizenship is not a multiple-choice thing,” says Higgin.

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JUNE 5, 2019

A fun way to inspire participation is to include students from the next year’s class so students get to know each other over the summer. Topics include math, science, writing, spelling, health, statistics, SAT prep, engineering, technology, astronomy, English, history and more — over 5,000 topics in seventy languages.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

These sessions often encourage active participation, enabling students to ask questions, share insights, and collaborate with peers. For example, in a history class, students might participate in a simulation of a historical event, immersing themselves in the context and gaining a deeper appreciation for the complexities of the past.

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JANUARY 11, 2021

Once you’re signed up, you prepare weekly material, chat with classmates, respond to class Discussion Boards and quizzes, and participate in a weekly video meeting. These can be adapted to any writing program be it 6+1 Traits, Write Source, IB, Common Core, or other popular language arts curricula. Everything is online.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

If you’ve been tasked (or volunteered) to run this activity, here are five activities that will tech-infuse participants: Write an Ebook. how to understand domain-specific language associated with technology, i.e., ‘cloud’. It uses a combination of videos, white board how-tos, practice exercises, and quick quizzes.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Once you’re signed up, you prepare weekly material, chat with classmates, respond to class Discussion Boards and quizzes, and participate in a weekly video meeting. Assessment is project-based so participants should be prepared to be fully-involved and eager risk-takers. Everything is online.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Once you’re signed up, you prepare weekly material, chat with classmates, respond to class Discussion Boards and quizzes, and participate in a weekly video meeting. These can be adapted to any writing program be it 6+1 Traits, Write Source, IB, Common Core, or other popular language arts curricula. Everything is online.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 17, 2025

Review all your reading quizzes (or any other small assignments). Item(s) Anticipated date(s) of completion How do you feel about your participation during class? 1 Lin Yutang, The Importance of Living (Beijing, China: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, 1998). How do you evaluate your preparation for them?

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Cult of Pedagogy

AUGUST 4, 2024

His original inspiration came from the large population of multi-language learners he worked with early in his career. Weathers used to have students organize their materials in a more typical way — with sections for notes, homework, quizzes, and handouts — but he found that this kind of system didn’t serve him or his students.

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